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…Unless you are a techy completely. The book is for beginners. After reading this you are going to sense empowered by the fact that you can speed up and keep your computer. So much that you might feel like a techy by the time you are done reading this.

Do I really need to replace my computer??

When your computer was brand new it was running at its peek performance.

You are most likely reading this as your computer is no longer running as fast as it was when you initially purchased it. Usually people think that purchasing a new PC will solve your difficulties. Well I’m here to advice you, you are absolutely right. The performance will improve on a new computer…..Temporarily that is. Your problem is not that your computer is out of date or broken your problem is that your computer is not properly maintained. My goal is to show you a way to speed up your computer swiftly and easily.

Here are five steps which will enhance the computer performance.

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Table of Contents

Step 1 : Taking out the Trash

Step 2 : Removing unnecessary programs

Step 3 : Eliminate start up items

Step 4 : Defragmenting your hard drive the right way

Step 5: Cleaning the Windows Registry

Step1

Taking out the Trash

Let’s not get to technical here to start out. Trash gets into your computer as you surf the internet and through normal usage. Junk needs to be put in the trash. It is as easy as that.

Clean the disk with these guidelines.

Open My Computer

RIGHT CLICK on your C DRIVE ICON

SELECT PROPERTIES

Press the DISK CLEAN UP button

What is Disk Clean up?

Disk Clean up removes temp files, downloaded program files as well as irregular components you are not using, and even empties your recycle bin. When it is finished you don’t need to restart.

Now how easy was that?

Few things in life are as advertised and believe or it or not you have taken a huge step in repairing your computer.

Step 2
Removing needless Programs

Every time you install a program it make changes to your system which can in turn make your computer run slow. Uninstalling programs can undo these changes and free up system resources in the process which should give you a nice performance boost.

Follow these steps to eradicate unnecessary programs.

Click your Start button and find your Control Panel

Look for an Add Remove programs icon or an icon labeled Programs and Features if you are running Vista or Windows 7 Uninstall all unneeded applications and restart your computer when you are finished.

Step 3

Eliminate Start up Items

Programs operating in the background takes up memory and steals system resources. This is by far the most common reason systems progressively slow down. When you fix an application for the first time in most cases they will set themselves to load at start up. The applications are available at two places. The first place is your start up folder and the second place we will cover in Step 5.

Follow these steps to empty of your start up folder.

In your Start Menu select Programs then Start Up. Now Right Click and Delete each short cut.

Step 4

Defragmenting you hard drive the correct way

Every time for install a program, create or delete a file data gets scattered on your hard drive. Windows needs continuous blocks of hard drive space to use as cache. Cache in Windows is called virtual memory. This is used whilst all your physical memory has been utilized. The windows has to be left with space to be utilized further on various applications. Before we run Disk Defrag follow the step underneath and run scan disk.

The scan corrects the systematic defect on your computer. It is necessary to correct data errors before you run disk defrag. Close the computer before you start the next operation.
Right click on your C drive icon in My Computer and select Tools.Click the Check Now button.

Disk Defrag is in the similar window as Scan Disk. Restart before operation.

Scan Disk and Disk Defrag should be run at least 5 or 6 times a year depending on usage.

Step 5

Eliminating Start up programs in your Windows Registry

What is the Windows Registry?

Every time a program is installed it uses the Windows registry to store settings vital to running the application. Unfortunately programs also employ the Registry to load at start up. The knowledge of start up folder are essential. The following shows you how.

Run Regedit

Click start and in the start search box Type Regedit

Open Hkey_Local_Machine

Look for the Software folder and open it

Next open the Microsoft folder and open the Windows folder

Inside the Windows Folder find and open Current version

Now just highlight the Run folder

Delete all superfluous start up items by right clicking on each icon and instigating Delete

You can look at the data column and see what program the setting belongs to.

Removing Start up Items from Hkey_Current_User

Set your path to : Hkey_Current_User\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Current Version\\Run

Remove any start up programs you feel are needless

Reducing the Size of your Registry

The registry is a dumping ground for application settings.Uninstalling the program doesn’t always reverse the changes it made to your registry. This causes your registry to grow overtime. When your registry is full the computer slows down in its performance. This is accurately why computers progressively slow down. Re-installing Windows is the best way to solve this issue. Unfortunately this is way to time consuming and takes a little bit of know how to complete. There is an alternative way to reduce the size of your registry and keep it reduced. Use a few bucks and download a registry cleaner. The operation helps you in keeping the windows operation safe. I use RegCure professionally and I strongly advice it to anyone who owns a computer.
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